Senior Bioinformatician

Job reference: BMH-029186
Salary: £46,735 - £48,149 per annum depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Division of Cancer Sciences
Hours Per Week: Full time (1 FTE)
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 23/07/2025
Contract Duration: Fixed term until 31/03/2028
School/Directorate: School of Medical Sciences

The University of Manchester is seeking a talented senior bioinformatician to lead the bioinformatics team within the Next Generation Phenotyping and Diagnostics (NGPD) theme of the Manchester Biomedical Research Centre. The aim of this National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded project is to accelerate the adoption of high throughput diagnostic techniques through improving our understanding of disease complexity and multimorbidity in the context of high deprivation, social and ethnic diversity. At the core of the NGPD theme is a bioinformatics team, comprising 4 bioinformaticians, which you will lead, under the supervision of Prof David Wedge. Collectively, the team has expertise in the analysis of multilevel omic and imaging data; data integration and machine learning; and risk prediction. This expertise is being used to study key disease areas including fibrosis, eye disease and cancer.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: David Wedge

Email: David.Wedge@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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